The medical value of marihuana has become increasingly clear to many physicians and patients. There are three reasons for this. First, it is remarkably non-toxic. Unlike most of the medicines in the present pharmacopoeia, it has never caused an overdose death. Its short-term and long-term side effects are minimal compared to medicines for which it will be substituted. Second, once patients no longer have to pay the prohibition tariff, it will be much less expensive …showed first 75 words of 718 total…

…showed last 75 words of 718 total…the patient has a condition for which the physician recommends cannabis (read prescription) to the staff of the buyers club (read pharmacist). If both the doctor and the buyers club behave responsibly and ethically, only those who have a certified need for the medicine can receive it, and those who are certified now have a reliable source. They are relieved of the anxiety of having to find it on the street or grow their own.